There are many facets to the appreciation of a bonsai. The place where the tree is situated, the pot in which it stands, the accent plant, the stone or the scroll that finish the overall picture. Here's an attempt to underline the dignity of a tree with words.

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Like a crane's dance,as if it was not rooted,a noble pine bunjin.

Starting with the knowledgethat a life is not enough,in designing a buninthe master strives for the essentialby omitting the marginal. - Peter Krebs

The pot, red from the high firing, symbolizes a protective garden wall. The old pine stands in it like an old samurai whose Katana has been rendered useless by the patina of time. The weathered wood, only showing traces of life, reaches out bizarrely to the viewer, as if to show him something.

True grandeur, space in the minusculepast, present, futuretrailing away in the branchlets.

Should I describe this treeI would have to go a long way, talk aboutthe scent of springthe colours of the summerthe cry of the wild goose in autumnthe taste of snowy air in the winterthe feeling of beingin a timeless time. - Peter Krebs

Words of the arts graspThe preservation of lifeContained within reach.

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a very fine haiku, accompanied by a photograph it would be even nicer.I agree with you that a haiku must be consistent in itself, but it is more important that it is touching.

My verses are not created considering the aspect of haiku, but the hand has written what the soul thought. It is just like music, everybody feels it differently, but everything belongs to the song of the earth and all songs want to be sung.

Peter, I am afraid there was a technical glitch involved that made the picture disappear from my post, not any reasoned choice at all. [will take care of it asap - there should have been a collage there; I do not have the file at hand]

About Haiku exchange - the dialogue is what got me interested in the little poems; possibly also the 'free riding' on the precursor too... commentary is easier, for whatever reason. Not at all opposed to trying it another way, sure enough.

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